Exposure Update and Bradley Wiggins: A Year In Yellow: TV picks

TV preview: Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas follows up the exposé that kicked off the Jimmy Savile scandal with a new report in Exposure Update and Sky Atlantic goes on a ride-along with cyclist
Bradley Wiggins in A Year In Yellow.

The end of visiting hours is upon us as this perfect, bittersweet hospital drama reaches the end of its run. The personal lives of Kim, Den and Pippa criss cross with life and death on the wards, where there’s a surprise appearance – a silent cameo from Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, followed up by Hugh Bonneville as Pippa’s ex. It seems everyone wants in on Getting On.

I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys And Muscle Men BBC3, 9pm

Are we slaves to our body type or can we create the perfect physique? This gym-rat spin on C4’s Supersize Vs Superskinny theme pumps up with two lean lads who dream of packing on muscle and downsizes a pair of bodybuilders who want to lose their bulging biceps without running to fat. It’s part of The Body Beautiful season, a subjective term if ever there was one.

Supersized Earth BBC1, 8pm

You’re nobody if you’re not supersizing these days. Heston’s been at it with food, Strictly did it at Wembley and now Bang Goes The Theory presenter Dallas Campbell bigs up planet Earth. Or, more accurately, he takes a documentary trip around the world, looking with awe and wonder at some of the massive feats of human engineering that have shaped the modern world. On this first outing, he pops his head out of the top of the world’s tallest building – Dubai’s Burj Khalifa – before jumping off to give its windows a mighty wipe. Don’t look down.

Bradley Wiggins: A Year In Yellow Sky Atlantic, 10pm

On our bikes for a feature-length documentary that slipstreams Bradley Wiggins over the course of 2012 to bring us a behind-the-headlines view of the determination, focus and sheer hard work it took to fuel such a triumphant year. It’s no spoiler to say Wiggo rode off with an Olympic gold medal and became the first British rider to win the Tour de France.

Exposure Update ITV1, 10.35pm

Criminologist and child protection expert Mark Williams-Thomas follows up the shocking exposé that kicked off the Jimmy Savile scandal with a new, in-depth report. Expanding the focus of his investigation to review the early broadcasting career of the shamed broadcaster and presenter now thought to have been one of Britain’s worst sex offenders, Williams-Thomas presents evidence to suggest Savile created career opportunities for himself that would bring him into contact with the children he would go on to abuse.

Film choice: Chinatown, Film4, 9pm

Jack Nicholson stars in and Roman Polanski directs this 1974 neo-noir, a regular on ‘greatest films of all time’ lists. Set in 1930s LA, it’s the twisted tale of JJ ‘Jake’ Gittes. He’s a private eye specialising in grubby extra-marital affairs, who is hired by Faye Dunaway to spy on her husband, only to find himself entangled him into a corruption scandal involving LA’s water supply. Nominated for 11 Oscars, it only won one for the masterclass screenplay by Robert Towne.